Jan 10
hot take:
bad things happening to your oc is not good character flaw.
your oc being too “kind” or “passive” to a fault is not good character flaw.
good flaws should be flaws that make it hard to sympathize with your character, and force the audience to reason with your characters actions and mental state.
if your characters flaws only ever affect themselves and never anyone else (i.e. people pleaser, being too shy/passive), it doesn’t give the audience anything to reason with.
It doesn’t provide any depth or complexity, it’s just a lazy way to keep a character “perfect” while not making them too mary sue-ish